[MPOWER5266]

Originally Posted by nsjames

I bought a three stage manifold from an 06 for $150, with both disa valves and the software cost me nothing.

Cool let me know if you find another one and I'll be all over it. Haha

[ki_soarer]

Yesterday, I managed to get most of my needed maintenance complete.

oil service
fuel filter
def refill
micro filter
brake fluid flush

Looked the car over in preparation for deletes and tunes as soon as the emissions components start failing. (still have not installed my F30 bmw performance brakes)

[phillycx]

Swapped on the winter wheels/tires. Great for the weather. Absolutely sh*ty for the appearance. 😄

Need to do a suspension refresh next spring. Any thoughts on the essentials?

[colorado.e9x]

My new to me drivers cupholder (from a 66k mile car) was a bit too slow to open. Popped out both drivers and passenger, cleaned them up, and swapped the slowing gears. Hopefully that'll even everything out

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by MPOWER5266

Cool let me know if you find another one and I'll be all over it. Haha

any pick n pull man.

it's not like they aren't plentiful.
hell, I've been to the one in atlanta and it was full of euro cars.

I bought a bunch of volvo parts for my wife's car.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by nsjames

any pick n pull man.

it's not like they aren't plentiful.
hell, I've been to the one in atlanta and it was full of euro cars.

I bought a bunch of volvo parts for my wife's car.

You don't wanna live in the rural midwest then lol, not a single salvage yard within 250 miles of me has an E90

[CountDracula]

BMS Cowl Filters which makes such a difference. Engine bay looks way better now

[4 Doors]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

You don't wanna live in the rural midwest then lol, not a single salvage yard within 250 miles of me has an E90

Completely 100% on point! I've called and nobody in the Midwest has an E9X. I think because more people drive SUVs and trucks in the Midwest. It is a bummer honestly. I wish I could find deals lol.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by 4 Doors

Completely 100% on point! I've called and nobody in the Midwest has an E9X. I think because more people drive SUVs and trucks in the Midwest. It is a bummer honestly. I wish I could find deals lol.

My buddy has an 04 Cherokee that we've been slowly upgrading/fixing from parts at a pick n pull. There's a whole graveyard for his model of jeep yet not a single bmw. Except an E30 that I saw hiding behind one of their shops..

Really sucks having to order everything online lol

[colorado.e9x]

Finally got the time to finish painting the rear calipers today. Blood red in the shade, bright blood red in the sun. It's subtle yet fittingly aggressive for the stock brakes

[924er]

Finally got these lights done. Best mod so far

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Replaced my vacuum hose and grommet to my brake booster!

....and broke a bleed screw on my rear right wheel. But it's secure and not leaking. I'll deal with it later.

[Eturnulrs704]

Nipple broke on my vacuum canister. So i went to autozone and bought something to make it all better.

[S65Hunter]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Finally got the time to finish painting the rear calipers today. Blood red in the shade, bright blood red in the sun. It's subtle yet fittingly aggressive for the stock brakes

Pics?

[fastboatster]

Didn't do it today, but last Thursday i replaced my expansion tank which seemed to have a slow seepage along one of the seams. I could hear a whistling sound coming from that seam probably indicating that there's a crack.
I didn't drain the coolant completely, instead i pumped it off from the tank using fluid pump removing nearly 0.75 gallons of coolant. Disconnected expansion tank hose fitting using lots of wd40 and quickly moved it up so that no more coolant drains out.
Previously, I had replaced a lower radiator hose which also started to leak and my heat started to work, however, it gradually became cooler until I started to get no heat again. Now the heat is getting better, I thought that I might have some other problems, but it gradually became better and today I was getting really hot air.

[tsuintx]

Finally got rid of my airbag and seatbelt lights. It was throwing a BST error and I guess the small wear on the wire was enough. Cut the original one and soldered in one of the connectors/wires I got from Pick-N-Pull a few weeks ago. Buttoned everything back up, cleared codes and BAM! Lights gone!

I was also able to reset the FTM a couple of days ago, so now there are no idiots lights on anymore.

But... Of course the next issues popped up. Hit sunroof switch to tilt it up and it made a couple of VERY loud cracks going up. Closed it and it didn’t even want to go all the way in. Had to fiddle with it to make it flush with the roof and decided that’s it. Not looking forward to trying to fix a sunroof, so I’ll probably just pull the fuse for now.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by AlpineE93

Pics?

Sunlight vs in the shade

Pics dont do them justice

And compared to real blood from doing this project, its a perfect match, lol.

Apologies for the dirt, its a daily

[Efthreeoh]

I could add to this thread practically every Monday morning...

This took a few weeks but culminated in success yesterday. So I was on a staycation a few weeks ago and on Wednesday of that week started an E90 tune-up session that was comprised of a CCV replacement / starter replacement/ and eventually spark plugs replacement. The engine has increased it's oil consumption in the past few years, at 383,000 miles it's using about 3L per 10,000-mile OCI. I've also had some idle quality issues, especially with a cold engine. Some of that was resolved with replacing the very long-in-the-tooth AC compressor last summer.

I surprisingly cracked the valve cover vent CCV hose a few years back when replacing the ESS and VCG (and did a real good temporary field repair), and there are theories that the CCV stops separating oil and vapor at higher mileages, so I wanted to replace it. While-yer-in-there... says to replace the starter. My car was starting fine, so I was hesitant to replace it, but the starter was original. However, once the intake manifold is off, replacing the starter is and extra 1/2 hours work, so it makes sense in most cases where the car is at high mileage. A new rebuilt Bosch starter from getBMWparts.com was only $180.

Lastly, in the past month or so, the engine picked up a misfire/hesitation issue. The misfire was just an instant and only happened at high-load, low-RPM situations. Low RPM being below 2,000. The spark plugs were almost due being at 95,000 miles since the last time I replaced them. I was hoping new plugs were going to be the simple cure. Just finished up yesterday with the new plugs. I went with NGK's. Bosch were in there from the last time I replaced the coils and plugs at 282,000.

So to sum up, after replacing the CCV, cleaning the intake manifold real well, which had a lot of oil gunk in it and some clogged orifices, and new spark plugs, the engine is running as good as it was the day I bought the car 13+ years ago. The new starter spins the engine far quicker than the tired old original starter. The hesitation/misfires are gone and squeezing on the throttle is smooth as butter. It is truly amazing how well the N52 ages; at 383,400 miles, with a bit of maintenance, it runs perfectly new. Hopefully the oil consumption drops a bit with the new CCV installed.

[4 Doors]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

I could add to this thread practically every Monday morning...

This took a few weeks but culminated in success yesterday. So I was on a staycation a few weeks ago and on Wednesday of that week started an E90 tune-up session that was comprised of a CCV replacement / starter replacement/ and eventually spark plugs replacement. The engine has increased it's oil consumption in the past few years, at 383,000 miles it's using about 3L per 10,000-mile OCI. I've also had some idle quality issues, especially with a cold engine. Some of that was resolved with replacing the very long-in-the-tooth AC compressor last summer.

I surprisingly cracked the valve cover vent CCV hose a few years back when replacing the ESS and VCG (and did a real good temporary field repair), and there are theories that the CCV stops separating oil and vapor at higher mileages, so I wanted to replace it. While-yer-in-there... says to replace the starter. My car was starting fine, so I was hesitant to replace it, but the starter was original. However, once the intake manifold is off, replacing the starter is and extra 1/2 hours work, so it makes sense in most cases where the car is at high mileage. A new rebuilt Bosch starter from getBMWparts.com was only $180.

Lastly, in the past month or so, the engine picked up a misfire/hesitation issue. The misfire was just an instant and only happened at high-load, low-RPM situations. Low RPM being below 2,000. The spark plugs were almost due being at 95,000 miles since the last time I replaced them. I was hoping new plugs were going to be the simple cure. Just finished up yesterday with the new plugs. I went with NGK's. Bosch were in there from the last time I replaced the coils and plugs at 282,000.

So to sum up, after replacing the CCV, cleaning the intake manifold real well, which had a lot of oil gunk in it and some clogged orifices, and new spark plugs, the engine is running as good as it was the day I bought the car 13+ years ago. The new starter spins the engine far quicker than the tired old original starter. The hesitation/misfires are gone and squeezing on the throttle is smooth as butter. It is truly amazing how well the N52 ages; at 383,400 miles, with a bit of maintenance, it runs perfectly new. Hopefully the oil consumption drops a bit with the new CCV installed.

Glad to hear your N52 is running so well at that mileage! As you mentioned, proper maintenance shows how long these engines can truly last reliably.

[MPOWER5266]

Originally Posted by nsjames

any pick n pull man.

it's not like they aren't plentiful.
hell, I've been to the one in atlanta and it was full of euro cars.

I bought a bunch of volvo parts for my wife's car.

I would much rather spend $300 and have someone ship me one than to go yank one from Pull-a-part. I've laid in the mud pulling parts off spider infested cars too many times in my life, Im done with that. Haha. I was considering doing the manifold this week but I had to order a bunch of E9 parts and my M3 needs brakes so its on the back burner.

Anyway, my wife wanted to go antiquing yesterday and the shop just happened to be near some nice mountain roads. I would have rather been in the M3 but I need cargo capacity when she antiques. This is a fun little car for an underpowered automatic.

Untitled by Nick Wood, on Flickr

[oVeRdOsE.]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Sunlight vs in the shade

Pics dont do them justice

And compared to real blood from doing this project, its a perfect match, lol.

Apologies for the dirt, its a daily

I'm in that right now. Thinking about my bbk color on my summer ride. those will be brembo 6 piston.

I'd like to go red, but in the mean time I don't want to attract too much attention on my car. I got tons of mods, some are illegal in my area and I above all, I don't want to attract thief attention....

My option so far would be glossy black with white stickers.
A darker red than your with metal flakes could be an great option.
Or 3rd choice a dark bronze.

VHT is the best paint imo, but very limited to colors.
I'll try to clear them with Spray max 2k clear, best clear in a can on the market.
I might considering powercoating, but there's no shop near my place

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by nsjames

any pick n pull man.

it's not like they aren't plentiful.
hell, I've been to the one in atlanta and it was full of euro cars.

I bought a bunch of volvo parts for my wife's car.

I wish we had pick-n-pulls here. We have "auto recyclers" where they pull the part for you so you can't see the condition of it or color, etc. Most will only sell certain items. When I had my Cherokee XJ I needed a door window switch. They would only sell me the entire door. I laughed and walked out.

The second time I went I was trying to get an alternator for a friend's truck who didn't have much money. They wanted basically the same price for a used one in questionable condition as a reman unit from Napa. I told them they were on crack and left. Haven't been to one since then.